Wednesday January 25, 2012

In Class:

*Students had time to work on their research guide
*Students needed teacher initials to indicate they were done with research guide (today was the deadline)

Homework:

1. Highlight all resources that show information on your research guide. This will tell me where you got the information from.


2. FOR STUDENTS WHO DID NOT GET A TEACHER INITIAL TODAY: YOUR RESEARCH GUIDE IS DUE ON THE 1ST DAY BACK FROM INTERSESSION. AN EXTENSION WAS GIVEN SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE MORE TIME. YOUR GRADE WILL BE NO HIGHER THAN A PROFICIENT. IF YOUR RESEARCH GUIDE IS NOT COMPLETED, YOUR RESEARCH GRADE WILL BE A '0.'

4 days of class time was given to do research in class and 5 days were given to research at home or go the library.

Example Presentation

Tuesday January 24, 2012

In Class:

*Students had time to work on their research guide. (Research guide due tomorrow)
*Students given checklist and due dates of assignments.
*Went over rubric of how they will be graded.

Homework:

1. Research guide due tomorrow. Need by initials.

Monday January 23, 2012

In Class:

*Students had time to work on research guide for Pacific Islands.
*Students are supposed to come up and see me to get their resources and notes checked out. I will highlight the questions to check that they were okay after looking at the resources that the students brought with them.
STUDENTS NEED TO BRING IN RESOURCES! THIS IS A REQUIREMENT.

Homework:

1. Bring in additional resources (need to complete 12 out of 15 questions)
2. Check blog for example.
3. Research due by Wednesday if students do not validate 12 of 15 questions by tomorrow. This is enough time since classtime and weekend was given.

SORRY, MY POWERPOINT IS MALFUNCTIONING. WILL BRING TO CLASS TOMORROW TO SHOW AS EXAMPLE.

Friday January 20, 2012

In Class:

*Students given time to work on research for their Pacific Island Presentation.
*Students needed to bring in research information about their islands. (Websites and where to go were given to the students).


Homework:

1. Bring in additional resources (do 7 of 15 questions on resource guide)

I will be checking information with student resources on Monday

Thursday January 19, 2012

In Class:

*Went over answer to West Podiatry Island handout
*Went over 3 major regions in the Pacific: Polynesia (Many islands), Micronesia (Small islands) and Melanesia (Dark islands)
*Went over Pacific Island Vacations project and expectations and passed out research guide

Homework:

1. Teenbiz article: Giant Stone Heads in Trouble
2. Bring research information tomorrow to class about your island. (No research means no time in class to work) - resources can be found online or at the library.

Wednesday January 18, 2012

In Class:

*Students worked on West Podiatry Island and Mapping Skills handout

Homework:

1. Finish West Podiatry Island and Mapping Skills Handout if you didn't get it done in class.

Tuesday January 17, 2012

In Class:

*Went over what a place is: physical and human characteristics (physical is made by nature such as mountains and rivers and human is made by man such as culture-language, shelters, businesses)
*Went over school summative

Homework:

1. none

Friday January 13, 2011

In Class:

Cores 4 & 5 took school summative on demographic populations and its effects on a place. (students were given a second chance to take a retake of yesterday's formative if they received a novice or approaching grade. Students were informed yesterday that they could come in during recess to retake formative.

Core 1 and 2: reviewed school summative and went over physical and human characteristics of a place. Given West Podiatry Island worksheet (looks at physical characteristics and measurements). Due next Wednesday at end of class for Core 1 and 2.

Homework:

1. none

Thursday January 12, 2012

In Class:

*Core 5 (formative quiz)
*Cores 2, 3, 1 and 2 took school summative

Homework:

1. Students with a partially proficient or novice grade on their formative quiz can retake tomorrow during recess. (only day). Students notified during last period of the day.

Wednesday January 11, 2012

In Class:

*Formative assessment on demographic populations and how it affects places.


Homework:

1. Study for summative tomorrow. (Review chart and remember how today's formative was)
2. Core 5, (formative tomorrow due to HSA testing)

Tuesday January 10, 2012

In Class:

*Last day in class to work on articles about demographic population. 4 total articles students should have covered.
(feedback given) - see yesterday's blog

Homework:

1. School summative on Thursday
2. Formative quiz tomorrow.

Monday January 9, 2012

In Class:

*Continued to work on articles regarding demographic problems. Students still need to follow advice:

1. Look at title to get the population article is about, what's happening to population (increase or decrease) and where or what place is affected).

2. For effects, students need to look at the place and what is happening to it. DO NOT GIVE LEVELS OF CHANGE FOR POPULATION. THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED.)

Homework:

1. Study demographic charts (School summative on Thursday)

Friday January 6, 2012

In Class:

*Students continued to work on demographic population benchmark by practicing with articles.
*New article today: Wild Pig Invasion Tough To Ignore

*Population that is changing
*Where is this happening?
*Increasing or Decreasing?
*Why is this population increasing or decreasing?
*Effects of the population (what effects does it have on the PLACE)
*Possible solutions to help with population change (student solution).
Homework:

1. None

NOTE: SCHOOL SUMMATIVE WILL BE NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

Thursday December 5, 2012

In Class:

*Students given time to practice for their school summative next Thursday: Describe how demographic concepts affect places
*See yesterday's article about military leaving.
*Students who finished 2nd article moved on to the 3rd article: Economy partly to blame for private school enrollment decline

Homework:

1. Last day to complete Teenbiz Article given out on Tuesday: The Count Is In

Wednesday December 4, 2012

In Class:

*Students reviewed Coqui frog article and filled in chart to identify demographic population and how it affected a place.
*Gave students article 2: Soldiers Departure Leaves Wahiawa In A Lurch (class time to work and get feedback)

Homework:

1. Teenbiz article due by Friday: The Count Is In

Tuesday December 3, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

In Class:

*Went over new standards and benchmarks for Qtr 3. Current benchmark: Explain how demographic concepts affects places.
*Went over 4 steps when reading articles: 1. What is the population that is being talked about; 2. What's happening to the population (increase or decrease); 3. What place is being affected?; and 4. What effects does it have on the place.
*Went over example of how MMS would be affected if students living on town side went to Wheeler Middle School (less students, better teacher to student ratio, less monies, less teachers, less crowding, no buses)

Homework:

1. Teenbiz Article: "The Count Is In" (do not print) - Students will have until this Friday to get it done. No extensions.
HSA TESTING STARTS TOMORROW! GET SOME SLEEP!